Coal-hod attachment.



R. I. ALVERSON.

COAL HOD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1913.

1,082,483. Patented Dec. 30, 1913,

amjmtoz COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 60.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

RALPH I. ALVERSON 0E MADRID, IOWA.

COAL-HOD ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 15, 1913.

Patented Dec. 3t 1913. Serial No. 742,154.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RALPH I. ALvnRsoN, acitizen of the United States, residing at. Madrid, in the county ofBoone and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Coal- HodAttachment; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,andexact description of the invention, such as w ll enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a coal-hod and particularly to a new anduseful coal guard or shield therefor.

As an object of the invention it is the aim to provide a coal guard orshield detachably connected to the front end of the hod, and adapted tobe thrown automatically in position, to prevent the coal from fallingover the sides of the hod, when the same is placed in the stove door. I

An essential feature of the guard is the provision of a brace rodcorresponding in shape to the guard and arranged in a rolled beadthereof, in order to lend rigidity and stability to the guard.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a view showing the hod tilted and engagingthe stove door, with the guard thrown, in order to prevent the coal fromrunning over the sides of the hod. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the hodshowing the guard in its normal position when the hod is sitting on thefloor. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the guard. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of a portion of the hod and a portion of the guard(which is arranged in position ready to be connected to the hod). Fig. 5is an enlarged detail view, showing how the guard engages the lower edgeof the stove door opening.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the usual formof coalhod having the usual handle 2. This usual form of coal hod hasits upper edge portion terminating in a rolled bead including areinforcing wire 4. The bead isdesignated by the numeral 3. The sheetmetal of the hod adjacent the mouth end of the hod is cut away to form aslot 5, which is bound upon one longitudinal side by the upper edge ofthe sheet metal, and upon the other side by the wire 4 of the head 3.

The guard or shield 6 is constructed of sheet metal and formed in a.shape to correspond with the forward portions of the sides of the hodand the mouth end. One edge portion of the guard or shield is formedinto a rolled bead 8, in which a reinforcing wire 9 is arranged, so asto lend rigidity and stability to the guard, in addition to acting asmeans to hold the guard in shape to correspond with that of the hod. Atthe month end of the guard the head 8 is cut away, and the sheet metalof the guard adjacent the cutaway portion of the bead is formed with anextension forming a tongue 10. This tongue 10 is bent upon itself andarranged parallel with the portion 11 of the guard, and is adapted toenter the slot or opening 5, so that the bent portion 12 of said tonguewill engage the reinforcing wire 4 of the hod, thereby pivotallymounting the guard with respect to the mouth end of the hod. IV hen thehod is placed in a stove door, so as to empty the coal into the stove,the portion 11 of the guard engages the lower edge of the stove door,thereby throwing the port10n 11 against the inclined forward portion ofthe hod, which will throw the sides 13 of the guard in such positionswith respect to the forward edge portions of the sides of the hod, as toprevent the coal from flowing or running over the sides of the hod orbucket. /Vhen placing the hod upon the floor, the guard resumes itsnormal position, the guard being limited in such position owing to thefact that the reinforcing wire 9 is extended beyond the bead 8 on eachside and formed into lugs 14, to engage the upper edges of the hod.

he invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. In combination with a coal-hod having a slot at its mouth end, aguard corresponding in shape to the sides and mouth end of the hod andhaving means entering said slot to pivot the guard to the hod, saidguard having a portion adapted to engage the lower edge of a stove dooropening when the hod is tilted therein in order to throw the sides ofthe guard beyond the sides of the hod, the free ends of the sides of theguard having means to engage the edges of the sides of the hod to limitthe guard in its normal position.

2. In combination with a coal-hod having a slot at its mouth end. aguard constructed of sheet metal and and the month end of the hod, oneedge of conforming to the sides a the guard being provided with a hollowbead having a reinforcing wire therein, the sheet metal of the guardbeing formed with an extension bent upon itself to form a tongue toenter said slot, the mouth end of the hod having a reinforcing'wire withwhich the bent portion of the tongue engages at the slot, thereinforcing wire of the guard at the free ends thereof terminating inlugs beyond the bead of the guard adapted to en gage the edges of thesides of the hod to limit the guard to its normal position, the guard Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specificat1on in thepresence of two subscriblng witnesses.

RALPH I. ALVERSON.

Witnesses:

XV. NEWTON CLARK, PAUL GROVER.

V Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Eaten-ts, Washington, D. G.

